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Started by mookyj, May 29, 2014, 09:32:47 AM
Quote from: TauntoHawk on May 29, 2014, 01:49:13 PMDo you wear blaze orange??? you should! you said yourself you almost got shot although you weren't fanning which by your logic makes camo unsafe and unethical.
Quote from: GobbleNut on May 29, 2014, 02:13:54 PMFirst of all, who coined the term "reaping"? What a crappy terminology for a hunting technique, whether you agree with using it or not.Secondly, I agree with the assessment that until there is hard, factual evidence to support the supposition that the use of this technique is any more dangerous than any other method used in turkey hunting, the discussion about it is purely based on emotion,...which is exactly where this discussion has ended up. To flatly state that the use of this technique (the r-word), or fanning, or decoy use, or the use of any other visual representation of a turkey in turkey hunting is unsafe and should be frowned upon or banned outright without factual support for that position is questionable.I had a very similar discussion with a good friend about using certain "visual stimuli" while hunting this spring. He condemned it based upon potential safety implications. My position was 1) anybody who uses any of these techniques assumes the risk associated with doing it, and they also must accept the consequences of not using good judgement in doing so,....and 2) regardless of all else, a hunter holding a decoy, or fan, other any other turkey part, when all is said and done, still looks like a hunter holding a decoy, fan, or turkey part. There is absolutely no excuse for anybody ever shooting someone in a mistaken-for-game hunting accident. Anyone that cannot safely identify their target when hunting has no business hunting.
Quote from: mookyj on May 29, 2014, 01:59:47 PMQuote from: TauntoHawk on May 29, 2014, 01:49:13 PMDo you wear blaze orange??? you should! you said yourself you almost got shot although you weren't fanning which by your logic makes camo unsafe and unethical. TauntoHawk do you shoot at camo or just realistic decoys? (obviously sarcastic) seriously, that is your argument?The thread is driveling down to foolishness and I need to get work done
Quoteultra real looking decoys are mitigating circumstances.
Quote from: g8rvet on May 29, 2014, 05:58:28 PMNow, to be clear, Mooky is not trying to ban anything. Just expressing an opinion on a practice, as is his right.
QuoteIf you come to the same or similar conclusion as I, let your wildlife agencies know, and hopefully ban this practice...
Quote from: g8rvet on May 29, 2014, 05:59:55 PMQuoteultra real looking decoys are mitigating circumstances. Wait a sec. Are you now saying that using ultra real dekes is asking for it too? Just trying to understand.
QuoteI cannot go along with $100-$400 decoys made to be ultra realistic or done as production line taxidermy. Seriously, if you put out a taxidermy mount or one of these über expensive decoys, how is one going to explain that away at trial for a shooting incident in the turkey woods.